The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 06, 1913, Image 1

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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1913 NO.4 TRESTLE ilVE$ WAl TWO LOADED PASSENGER CAR FALL FfTY FEET THREE DEAD; MANY HRIf Train Going to Chester With Crow4 of Fans to See Ball Game Meet With Terrible Fate When Trestli Falls Through, Carrying Two Car: Into Stream. One of the most fearful wrecks i the history of Chester County oc curred Wednesday afternoon at fiv< o'clock, when the westbound Lancas ter and Chester mixed freight an passenger train, loaded with passen gers for the Chester-Dillon basebal game, was wrecked at Hooper') Creek, between Knox's and Orr's seven miles from Chester. One mem. ber of the crew, Elijah Heath, a ne gro, was instantly killed, and V. H Craft, of Anderson, died later f:on injuries. Nearly fifty of the cre and passengers were injured, severa of whom will probably die. V. H Craft, of Anderson, died while being carried to Chester. The engine, tender, and six -freigh cars passed over the bridge in safe ty. A coal car was next, and thi: seems to have jumped the track an% cut the ties of the bridge badly, witi the result that when the passengel coaches and two box cars reached thq trestle the structure was badly torz up, and the passenger coaches drop yed from a sheer height of fifty feel into the bed of the stream. Engineer John Stewman, warne by his air brakes that something wai wrong, looked back and saw the can piled In the stream. He made hiu way to a nearby house, where ther was a phone. He was instructed b3 Superintendent A. P. McLure at Lan caster to bring the remaining part ol his train on to Chester and returi with all the physicians that he cduld secure. This order was carried oui and practically every physician anc nurse in Chester was hurried to the scene. News of the disaster reached th( baseball grounds while the champion ship contests was at its height, au hundreds hurried to the scene of th( disaster in automobiles and other ve hieles. The sight that met the eye of those who reached the spot firsi was appalling. Scores were fastenec underneath the battered cars and screaming in agony and fear. The first step necessary to effeci the rescue of the wounded was tc build a bridge out of the wreckag( and climb from car to car and take out the wounded as rapidly as they could be reached. Many acts of hero ism in the work of rescue were per formed, and there were many in stances of self-sacrifice as the physi clans proceeded to treat the injured, some declaring that others were more seriously hurt, and urging the physi cians and nurses to leave them until others were treated. -The list of the dead and injuredl is as follows: Dead: V. H. Craft, of Anderson, a travelling salesman; Elijah Heath, Bascomville, colored brakemein, wai in baggage car. Injured: C. L. Dunlap, Fori Lawn, right eye bruised and lef1 hand cut, injuries not serious; 74 McDaniel, Orr's, head badly cut and serious internal injuries: Louis Sam nels, Chester, travelling salesman, face badly gashed: John Taylor, Richburg, internal injuries; C. M Sibley, Rich~burg, Internal injuries hurt seriously: F. M. Simpson, Rich burg, ear and chest badly cut; J. W Dye, Bascomville, badly cut on hip: S. J. Knox. Knox's, bad cut on head: W. A. Cureton, Ft. Lawn, both legi broken, arms badly cut, conditloz critical; Misses Maggie and 'CarriE Sadler, Rock Hill, badly bruised; thE Rev. S. R. Hone. Mullins, body con tusions; David Ray. Shelby, N. C. back wrenched: 3. P. Yandle, Ches ter. .back bruised and head severeh -ut: 0. W. Thrady, Exum. N. C., arm knee, leg and head cut; Anna Young colored. Orr's. body contusions: A B. Oxford, mall clerk, Edgemont, N C., leg badly mashed: Phillips, bac gagemaster, ankle badly hurt: 3. 3 Jones, Chester, eye probably knock ed out and bad cuts and bruises, se riously injured: Miss Martha Marion Richburg. serious Injury to ankle Mrs. 3. 0. Barber, Richburg, sever< bodily contusions and cuts: 3. B SHale, Atlanta, Ga., skull badly frac tured: B. D. Phillips. Ninety-Six. ja' broken and Internal injuries: T. J Kelly, North Carolina. slight Inju ries: D. A. Cauthen, Richburg, skul fractured and bad bruises: Jame Goodwin, Richburg, skull crushed condition serious: E. W. Gibson Rossville, knee injured; C. H. Dun lap, Fort Lawn, back wrenched; V' T. Gladden. Fort Lawn, severe cuts Oscar Cook. Lancaster. travellini salesman, hip and arm badly hurt C. H. Turner, Fort Lawn, head an back cut: Carl Turner. internal inju ries: Clifton Ferguson, Fort Lawr bad cuts on face and armis: Roy Clii ton. Fort Lawn. ba~d cut in head Bose Moble'r, colored. Richburg, se vere internal injiuries. Mrs. C. 0. Williams and childret Beatrice. Betty, Oscar. Mildred an baby, of Corpus-Christi. Texas. wh have been visiting relatives near La~ caster, were all badly injured. esp( cially the mother, for whose recover there are serious fears. She riske her own life to save that of he youngest child. B. F. Roberts. a travelling sales man from Maconi, Ga.. did some hE roic work saving the lives of five The train from the wreck with thi dead and wounded on board reache Chester at 9:%O o'clock and was me hv a tremendous crowd, all anxiou for news of relatives and friend: The wounded were all taken to t$ BETRAYED BY SUIT CAS MAN LEADING DOUBLE LIFE I CAUGHT AT LAST. Known as "Best Citizen" in Alaban But by Detectives in Chattanoog as a Safe Robber. Until Albert Driscoll Cammaye was arrested at Chattanooga las week on a charge of blowing ope: the safe of the Green Cove, Fla., pos office, he was leading a double life that of safe blower and religiou worker-according to post office in spectors who went to Montgomery ti get information about Cammayer career in Alabama. Cammayer-known in Alabama a Driscoll-had been recognized fo several months as one of the best cit izens of Green Cove. He had gon in the best society. He had forme the acquaintance of a Green Cov girl. They became engaged and pre parations were made for the wed ding. One night the post office safe wa! broken open, and stamps and somi money stolen. Cammayer-then go ing under that name-was not sus pected. No trace of the safe blowe: could be found. Then Cammaye: went to Chattanooga as a representa tive of the Jefferson Powder com pany, of Birmingham. Luck went against him. He los his duplicate check and the railroa< refused to give him his suit case Cammayer declared that he coul identify articles in the case and hi mentioned a suit of clothes, a com1 and brush and other articles. But hi said nothing about $900 worth 0 stamps which were hidden In the bot tom of the suit case. Then Cammayer decided he ough to make a more thorough search fo the check. He went to this hotel an found the lost slip. But. in the mean time, railroad officials had found th stamps. Cammayer produced th cheek and demanded the suit case Detectives were called and Cammay er was arrested. Post office inspectors could not fn a post office in Chattanooga distric that had been robbed recently an other divisions were notified. Greer Cov'e's office had been robbed a fev weeks before and investigation, showed that the numbers of th stamps in Cammayer's possessloi corresponded with those stolen fron the Florida post offlice. Cammaye denied that he had robbed the pos office. News of Cammayer's arrest wen to Green Cove. where he was regard ed as an upright citizen. Peopl there refused to believe he was inter ested in the robbery. and his fiance Is a daughter of a superintendent o it large plant in Florida. but post of flee inspectors have refused to makt public her name. Cammayer was convicte:1 of rob bing the, safe of Hirscher Brothers in Montgomery. in 1904. He wai sentenced to twenty years in the peni tentary, but was paroled by Govern or O'Neal in 1911, when wardens re norted that Cammayer had been con verted and had becoms a ministei and religious worker. Soon after be ne released Cammayer was employ ed by the Jefferson Powder company of Birmingham as travelling repre sentative and it Is alleged that he used his position to get explosives t< use in his criminal operations. GIRL KILLS HERSELF. Georgetown Lass Takes Poisoni ir Parent's Home. Information has been received ir this city of the death of Miss Iren< E~thridge, eighteen, at the home o: her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 9. Eth ridge, near West Andrews, on Satur day. The cause of death was poisoning from a mixture of chloroform an< laudanum, which the girl had swal lowed some two hours or more before he was found in her room in a semi ~onscious condition and frothing a he mouth. Following a bath in the a~fternoon she had gone to her roon for the ostensible purpose of taking 'p, as had been her custom. As thi iwe approached for the preparatioi of supper her invalid mother sent; all boy to call her. The boy re ~ived no response to his rap on th ~nor and so reoorted to Mrs. Eth 'idge. He was told to go back to th nom, enter it and awaken the girl wo was oversleeping. When the boy opened the door h found the girl lying across the bed her mouth covered with white froti nlr. J. S. Porter was hurriedly sun m oned. He detected an ordor of chic roform in the room. He exerte vry effort to revive the girl, witl out success. She died a few hor -after being found. Deputies Raid StilL Deputies from -the Greenville raid ing force returned Wednesday nigh Ifrom the neighborhood of Caesar - Head, where they cut up severa plants, and brought back Ben Ma! -ters, who was arrested in the -"Di! mal", near Caesar's Head. Purer Tea Imported. Purer tea is reaching the Unite States as a result of the Treasury De Spartment's enforcement of the las -against the Importation of colore rhospital, with the exception of thos only slightly hurt, and an extra fore is on duty. The physicians rendere heroic service and were given valt able assistance by Richburg an eRock Hill physicians. iRoy Clifton. one of the injiured. th tt fifteen year-old son of J. G. Cliftm a of Fort Lawn. died Thursday. makin . the third victim to die as a result < GIRL KEPT PRISONEI GREENVILLE NEGRO ARRESTED 0 A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE a DETAINED HER BY FORE Young White Girl, Traveling Aloni n is Captured by Hackman, Wh t - Carrier Her to a Room in Hj s House for Immoral Purposes-P< D liceman Sees Her and Investigate s Charged with criminally assaultin s Sunday night a young white gir r who, it is claimed, had been kept I . his house for several nights for irr e moral relations with white men, Le 3 Wilson, a negro hackman, was ai e rested by the Greenville police an turned over to the sheriff for incal - ceration in the county jail Tuesda3 On the face of the allegations, th a case is one of the most deplorabl e that has even been brought to ligh - by the Greenville authorities an . brings to the front once again a se r rious problem which the place hav r had to face for some time. - Monday afternoon Privates Pattei - son and Smith observed i small whit girl enter the rear doorO of a negr t dive near the Southern Railway paE I senger station. They promptly too charge of the child and soon learne i from her a few facts that later led t a the arrest of the negro hackmar 5 The girl was carried to the polic a station and was there confronted b f the chief and the Inspector of Polic - to whom she told a story of shame. From the police station the gir t was carried before Magistrate Sam r uel Bradley, where she made an affi i davit setting forth the charge - against the negro hackman. Tpoi a this affidavit and one from anothe negro hackman' which corroboratei in certain details, the story told b: - the girl. Magistrate Stradley issuei an arrest warrant for Lee Wilson He was placed under arrest ani t transferred to the county jail. In her affidavit the girl allege that she is fifteen years of age an, r will be 16 in December; that she wa born in Durham, N. C., and raisei in Columbia, S. C.: for the past fou or five months has been making he home in Greenville; that on Tfrida: r night she was taken to the home o t Lee Wilson, where she was kept tha night, Saturday night and Sunda: t night; that-white men were brough - to this house by Lee Wilson for th a purpose of having unlawful relation - with her; that Sunday night the ne gro came into her room and over ' powered her; that she was not per - mitted to leave the house until abou nine o'clock Tuesday morning. The child was turned over to th - Salvation Army and will be cared fo by this organization. It is state that she lived In Greenville hereto - fore and that her mother died at th - Salvation Army emergency hospita - about two years ago. The girl's fath - .er, it is said, lives in Columbia, bu Shas had nothing to do with hi - daughter since the death of the moth -er. At the time the girl lived i1 -Greenville with her mother the: -worked at one of the cotton mill and since the child went back ti Greenville, It is said, she has worke< at a mill near the city. MEETS FIERY DEATH. Gasoline Tank of Motercycle Break Sea ttering Flaming Fluid. ITwo are dead, six will die, accord ing to attending physicians, one oth er is probably fatally burned ani - eleven others are seriously injured a - the result of a motorcycle accident a the Lagoon motordrome, across th r river from Cincinnati, Wednesday. I Orin Johnson of Salt Lake City - captain of the Cincinnati teaix a which was contesting at the motor - drome, for some reason that wil t probably remain unknown, drove hi cycle to the extreme top of the cir a .cular track, crashed into an electri light pole, ,broke it ofr and the cor] tact of the live wire with his machin a exploded the gasoline tank, throwin a the burning fluid over a score C -spectators. e Johnson paid the penalty with hi - life, while William Davis, aged fly years, is likewise dead, as the resul , of the accident. Two women and four men, so ph3 e sicans declare, can not live, whil ,others are at the Kentucky hospita L.in a serious condition. That man more spectators were burned is a -most a certainty, as several dru d stores in thae vicinity of the plac -were kept busy for an hour after th s accident dressing the burns of pe sons who escaped without serious ii fury. The race was the last one of th _program for the night and Johnsol who had won both previous contest twas leading. In coming in front< s the grandstand, he was seen suddeni 1to steer his wheel toward the top an before he could right it again he ha struck the pole. A moment later streak of flame shot out over th audience. Persons with their clot] ~in in flames ran here and there an dit was with difficulty that the fiamt were extinguished in time the pr< vent the grandstand from catchirl d fire. Johnson was conscious when piel - ed up, but died on the way to ti .e hospital, as did the Davis boy. d Three Girls Drown. t Aria Yearwood, aged twelve, Mai d Downing and Rosa Lee Murphy. eac fourteen years old, were drownedi .e the Ouachita river at Longtown. La I. Monday. They were wading ari g stpped off into ds>p water to I >f swept away by the current. TI boie h~ae not been recovered. RED SPIDER IS ABROAD INSECT PEST, ENEMY OF COTTON, I IS D THIS STATE. Attacks Plants In Cotton Field And E is Very Destructive-How to Get Rid of the Spider. Farmers are always having their troubles and local agriculturists are i no exceptions .to the rule. Not only 1 0 have their been rumors of the army worm getting busy, although no se rious ravages have been reported, but the red spider, an enemy of cotton, has made its appearance, and has I - caused considerable concern. 9 We are in receipt of a bulletin on the red spider and how to destroy it I from Entomologist A. F. Conradi, of Clemson College, which will be of e much interest to local farmers suffer- t ing from the red spider. The bulletin as to the "Red Spider t on Cotton", is as follows: "This in- t sect is at present being reported from a number of localities in the State t and according to the present outlook, I trouble may be expected from this t port as soon as dry weather sets in. t The red spider, which is a mite, has j been an important cotton pest in this r State for the last four years. The damage varies in different lo calities from year to year, and the 9 loss to the cotton may vary from 10 2 to 20 per cent. This insect occurs on I the under side of the cotton leaves, e and when looked at with the naked t eye, it appears like a dot of reddish 4 ink from the point of a fine pen. The 4 under surface of the leaf Is covered s with a fine web under which the in- t sect lives and feeds. The female lays a about fifty eggs, and the life history r during warm weather requires a,bout 1 10 days. Infelsted leaves turn red- - - dish and fall off one by one and final- C - ly the plant dies. - B There are a number of important t 1 recommendations against this pest in r the fall and spring, but these are at|I the present time out of the question. j i The question is, what can be done at t I the present time? Burn, grub out, or otherwise destroy violets and poke weeds. a Underbrush in a red spider infeet s ed cotton field is very undesirable. t I With the appearance of dry weather p s carefully watch your cotton fields for c I the first appearance of red spider in- s r fested stalks. They can be detected t r by the change of color in the leaves. a r -d these Tlants should be destroyed f immediately. Avoid careless drag- r t eins of these infested plants over the f r plantation from place to place, be- t t causelt mechanically spreads the t pest. s Local infestations on plantations - can be successfully and economically r - controlled by the applicaton of - Qoreys. It is all important that the j t fields be watched and the spray, ap-|s nlied when the first infestation is no- c ticed. Not only should infested be z r sprayed. but also the plants Immedi- c ately surounding the infested or dis- f - colored area. Whichever spray is us-|i ed, there should he two applications, t one week apart. The second spray is r - to kill the red sniders that have e t hatched from eggs since the first c spray was given. The potassium sul- 2 - phide spray recommended by Mr. Mc SGregor. of the red spider labratory r of the bureau of entomiology, is cheap cause it mechanically spreads the y lows: I Potassium sulphlde, three pounds; water 100 gallons.f Potassium sulphide costs about 252 cents a pound and -thus 100 gallonst would cost about 75 cents; and is suf- I ficient for spraying one acre.' Potas ssum can be obtained at practically every drug store and is therefore, available in most local markets. Lime - sulphur wash is another spray that is I - very effective against this insect. This can be made at home like the regular lime sulphur wash used for t the spraying of fruit trees against1 San Jose scale. It is prepared as fol lows:t ,quicklime, 20 pounds; water 100 gal-I , ons. - The cost of 100 gallons Is about $1.40 This lime sulphur wash canI s also be purchased in the market as - concentrated lime sulphur wash and the sprya can be prepared by adding - two gallons of the wash to 100 gal e Ions of water. Of the sprays given g above, the first, namely, potassium f sulphide, is recommended."i s WON'T RECOGNIZE HUERTA. tPresident Formulating Mexican Pol - Icy of His Own. 1 Strong Intimations have come from v the White House that nothing In the -recent conferences with Ambassador g .Henry Lane Wilson had changed the e judgment of President Wilson as to e the course he ought to pursue with -respect to Mexico. L It became known that the Presi dent was formulating a policy, en e tirely friendly in character toward , Mexico and that It did not contem 3, plate recognition of Huerta under f any circumstances. d Ballot Eighteen Feet Long. The fourteen-foot ballot which a came in for so much ridicule during 0 the election primaries last fall has i- been outdone .by one eighteen feet d long which will be used in the Demo s5 cratic primaries In the twenty-third - assembly district In New York this g fall. There is no press in New York big enough to take the ballots at a C- single impression. They will have to .e be printed In six-foot sections and pasted together like circus lills. Policeman is Killed. y Policeman Harry Cook was shot h and killed at Dalton, Ga., Sunday by n Clem Poole, a desperate character. .Poole was creating a disturbance at d his home and Cooke was called upon e to arrest him. Poole placed a pistol o against the officer's ,body and fired, a bullt through his heart. REFORM THE PRIMARY MEFINITE SUGGESTIONS MAD] ON IMPORTANT SUBJECT. Fohn J. McMahan Points Out Clearl; the Correct Method of Primar: Elections. To safeguard the primary electioi he right to vote should be regulate4 y the Democratic party constitutioi s follows: 1. Only legal voters enrolled. N< ame should be placed on the clu,1 oll unless the man presents his reg stration certificate and tax receip or the auditor's certificate of hi on-liability to taxes), showing tha te is a legal voter of that county an irecinct, and thus able to fulfill hii ledge to "support the nominees" o: he -primary. 2. Registration certificates anc ax receipt. He should present t( he election managers the same evi ences of his qualification to vote it he general election. 'Tere would b to necessity for the repetition o his proof if there were a completi ew enrollment every two years, bul t Is here proposed that no new en ollment be required except for thf 2en who changes his residence. 3. Appear in person. No naui( hould be put on the roll unless th( pplicant appear in person and estab ish all the facts required. One suc nrollment should suffice as long a. he man remains at the same resi ence, but upon a change of resi ence he should appear again in per on and have the change recorded or he club roll. He should take oatt s to all the facts required in thes( ules. 4. On only one club roll. No name hculd be allowed on more than on( lub roll, and to join another club s ian should prove that his name hai een erased from his former club. 5. Resident of the club district ach club should be restricted to the emocratic voters resident in a dis inct territory, no resident's name be 2g allowed on a club roll beyond ri! territory. Where two or more club, re allowed in one ward or country recinct (because of too many vote' D-handle speedily at one box, or toc reat distances in the country fo1 onvenient attendance), the divisior hould be made by territory and imberships not allowed to overlal s now. 6. Rolls close sixty days. The en ollment should cease sixty days be re the 'irst regular primary elec ion, and in case of a special electior here should be a spuulementary en. ollment up to a time fixed by th( xecutive committee in its discretior nder the circumstances. 7. Club committee revise. ThE ub. or its executive committee hould be reauired to scrutinize the lub roll and see that all require ents are complied with. It could verrule decisions of its enrolling of cer and add names that had beer mproperly relected, or excludE ames that had been improperly en olled. It would expunge the name! f persons deceased, moved away o1 therwise no longer entitled to voti t that club. 8. Roll filed and published. Thi lub executive committee and thE ecretarv should certify the club rol a duplicate as meeting all these re ,uirements, and file one, duplicatE rith the clerk of Court of the countl fty days before the first primary nd publish the same forthwith it he newspaper of most general circu ation in the precinct, for the infor nation of all who might discovel *rrors. 9. County committee correct. Thi ounay executive committee should etween forty and thirty days befori he rst primaryfi receive, investigati .nd act upon all appeals, protesti .nd other complaint made ,by memi ers of the party with regard to thi rretness of the rolls, the commit e exercising original as well as ap ellate jurisdiction. It would thui crutinize all the club- rolls, addinl tames improperly rejected, and ex iunging names improperly enrolle< ir no longer qualified. Thus thi ounty executive committee, like th' lub committee, would seek to re nove, both upon appeal and upol riginal investigation, any enrollet tames or persons not then entitle' o vote in the primary at that -clulb ts of persons deceased, not residini ithin the club territory, convicte' f disqualifying crimes, not register !d or otherwise not qualified to vot n the general election, and negroe who did not vote for Hampton i1 L 876 or 1878, and persons not Demo 10. State executive committeE rhe State executive committee woul' >e required to act at least 20 day yefore the first primary on any ap >eals or information brought to it tttention by members of the party o pon facts discovered by it, correct ng any errors in the rolls. There should be legal provision *or the enforcement of these rule ipon appeal to the Courts from th state executive committee, the Court act at chambers or in specIal sei sion, not to delay the election. W illow time for appeals to the Court vhen we close the rolls sixty day yefore the primary and complete th ,arty committee decisions at leas wwenty days before the primary. Further la the interest of loca elf-govrmenlt it would be well t ollow the lead of the national De ocracy at Baltimore and require th xecutive committeeman from eac ub to 'be elected in the primar lection, to take office immediatel hhereafter and hold till his successo s elected. John 3. McMahan. Columbia. S. C.. July 26. 1913. President Names Heyward. President Wilson Thursday no'mi attd Duncan C. Hleyward, of Sout .arolna, to be collector of the intel iai revnue district of this Stt. FOR FARMERS 0UUD FIFTY MILLIONS TO BE PUT IN SOUTH AnD EST AID IN MOVINi CROPS i Secretary McAdoo Will Put Enor mous Sum at Disposal of Banks of Farming Districts-To Meet Heavy Demand for Currency in the Fall When Crops Are Harvested. From $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of government funds will be deposit ed in the national banks of the South and West at once by Secretary Mc Adoo to facilitate the movement of crops. Federal, State and municipal bonds and prime commercial paper will be accepted as security for the money, upon which the banks will pay 2 per cent. interest. The motive of Secretary McAdoo in establishing this new policy Is to anticipate the money stringency In the late summer and fall, which In variably accompanies .the marketing and movement of crops, especially when the crops are unusually. large, as the harvest now beginning fore casts. He intends to take time by the forelock and prevent .or minimize the usual tightness of money. In a statement Thursday the secre tary made the significant answer that government bonds would be accepted as par as security for the new de posits and that the additional money would be placed only with banks which hav taken at least 40 per cent. of their authorized circulation. United States 2 per cent. bonds, serving as security for most of the national bank circulation, have been depressed recently to ne wlow mar ket records, dropping to 95 3-4 dur ing the past few days. The secre tary's willingness to accept these bonds at par as security for the $25, 000,000 to $50,000,000 of promised deposits and the inducement to the national banks to Increase their cir culation up to the 40 per cent. limit is expected .to help in restoring the parity of the depressed 2's by creat ing a new market for them. For the first time in. history the government will accept prime com mercial paper as security for depos its. This privilege will be granted, announced the secretary, in order to make these special deposits already within their reach. "The commercial paper submit ted," added Mr. McAdoo, "shall first be passed ypon and approved by the clearing house committees of the cities in which the banks offering such paper may be located. All com mercial paper and bonds must fin ally be passed upon and accep'ed by the secretary." 'Approved commercial paper will be accepted as security for the depos its at 65 per cent of its face value and high class State, municipal and other bonds, exclusive of government bonds, at 75 per cent. of their mar et value. The additional deposits will be placed with the national banks in the two or three principal cities in each of the States where harvesting now is in progress and where the demand for money for moving the crops most conveniently can .be met. The secre tary said It would not be practicable to scatter the deposits among the smaller cities, especially In view of the character of securities necessary. The banks will be required to-re turn the money to the public treas ury when the crops have been moved. The present suggestion Is, Mr. Mc Adoo said, that 15 per cent be repaid in December, 30 per cent In January, 130 per cent. in Februcary, and 25 per cent. in March next. "Steps are now being taken to car ry out the plan," added the secretary, "so that the funds may be promptly available for the movement of crops." Names of banks to receive the depos its and other details of the arrange ment will be announced later. This new policy is the antithesis of that adopted .by Former Secretary MacVeagh, who two years ago declin ed to make government deposits to Irelieve the tight money market on Ithe ground that the moderate surplus of federal funds at that time should be held as a reserve to be utilized at Isome possibly critical stage. -With the net balance in the gen oral fund amount to nearly $13 2, 000,000, Secretary McAdoo has taken the stand that the government -should anticipate the situation by by placing deposits where and at the time they are needed. If the full $50,000,000 is deposited Bthis step will temporarily almost -double the government's deposits Bwith the banks which now hold $58, r000,000 of federal funds. - Just as Secretary McAdoo was an nouncing his plan, Senator Tillman Bof South Carolina was issuing a state Sment declaring that unless congress Sacted quickly to provide an emergen y currency, the dotton planters of -the South would lose a hundred mil Slion dollars through inability to get Smoney to move their crops. Working on New Treaty. Washington, August 1.-Further conferences are planned between See retary of State Bryan, Richard L. SMetcalfe, new governor general of - Panama canal zone, and Minister SValder of Panama over the opening i of the Panama canal and the propos red Nicaraguan treaty. Under the lat Ster document the United States would rassume a protectorate over Nicaragua and that country would not build or permit some one 'else to build a canal to rival Uncle Sam's. Secretary Bryan drafted the treaty with the aid of Mr. Metcalfe and Senor Valdes. The time is drawing near for the first I ship to pass through the canal and - the state department is bqisy on the st +-uhes to nrotect our inerests HOT WEATHER FATAL, ENTIRlE COUNTRY SWELTERS UN DER HEAT WAVE Deaths Reported Number Nearly For ty, While Prostrations Reach Half Hundred. Midsummer heat, bringing to many cities temperatures as high as 106 and making the 100 degree mark common over wide areas, extended throughout the Central States Wed nesday. Generally described the heat wave extended from the Rocky moun tains to the Atlantic coast, but the maximum temperatures were report ed from points between Kansas and Ohio. The weather bureau tempera tures, usually several degrees lower than the street level temperatures, from Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Davenport, Iowa, were 102. Louis ville registered 101 3-10 degrees. * * S Southern Illinois got the full blast of the heat. At Galesburg it was 106 and at Peoria 104. Burlington, Iowa, also reported a temperature of 106. Local showers relieved the heat In some places, while at Galesburg, Ill., no rain has fallen since July 9. Cairo, Ill., Wednesday enjoyed 2 1-2 Inches of rain. * * S Over Missouri, Illinois, eastern owa and Southwestern States gen erally the heat was about the 100 mark. * * S The heat wave from the Middle West struck New York with full force. Four deaths and about a doz en -prostrations In tne metropolis dis trict were attributed to the heat. * 0 * Four deaths and several prostra tions resulted from the heat at Louis ville, Ky. The maximum tempera ture was 101.3 registered at two o'clock at the weather bureau. In the street below the temperature was several degrees higher. * * * Ten more deaths were reported as being due to the heat at Philadelphia. * S S Two adults and ten babies died at Cleveland as the result of excessive L..at. Twenty or more prostrations are reported. * * S Three deaths of young children and four prostrations resulted from heat at Detroit. The maximum tem perature at the street level was 98 degrees. * * * All heat records for this year were shattered at Cincinnati, when the mercury reached 101 1-2 degrees, at 3 p. m. There were no deaths, but twenty prostrations were reported at the hospitals. At Zanesville, Ohio, two died as a result of the heat. * 4 0 One death and two prostrations were attributed to the heat at Colum bus, Ohio. The maximum tempera ture was 97 degreeg. Temperature and humidity combined make the day most oppressive. REBELION IN CHINA. Refugees From Rebellion Seat Tell Tales of Terror. The Pekin correspondent of The London Daily Telegraph send the fol lowing dispatch: "The declarration of martial law here shows that the northern govern ment admits its desperate position. This synchronizes with the creation of a complete confederate govern ment at Nanking. Parliament has not yet been dissolved, but it is un likely that It will survive. "The war news Is baffling, but for eign military experts now believe the southerners are in far greater strength than has been supposed. "From refugees who have reach ed Shanghai stories are obtained of the recent uprising against the gov ernment. Many trains from Kiangsi province have brought terror strick en families, some mourning the loss of members who were slain in the ighting. The latest news seems to indicate a cessation of the rebellion, but no one knows when fighting and pillaging more murderous than be fore may ensue. The manner In which refugees flee from the district where the rebellion started is here Illustrat ed In a picture taken on a similar but much less serious occasion. "Dr. Sun Yat Sen, former provi sional president, Issued a manifesto jrrevocably backing the rebellion. He makes three appeals, the first to Yuan Shi Kai, recounting the south ern grievance and declaring that just resistance to intolerable tyranny is no rebellion. He concludes: 'I am determined to oppose you as firmly as I did the Manchus. Retirement is absolutely your only course.' Struck by Train. Mrs. Hattie Ryan, her five-year-old son, Stewart. and three-year-old daughter, Lillian, of Jerseyville, Ill., were killed when the carriage in which they were driving to church, was struck by a passenger train. The engineer fainted, and the body of the boy was carried on the pilot of the engine for a quarter of a mile before the freman could stop the train. Schooner Driven Ashore. The schooner Ned P. Walker, of Boston, was completely wrecked when driven ashore at East Pass, eighty miles east of Pensacola, Fla., on Tuesday last, according to the ship's captain and crew, who reached Pensacola by boat Monday. Drowned While Bathing. While bathing in a mill pond neat Maxton, N. C.. a youth got beyond hi ernth and was drowned, SPEAKS FUK Ui SENATORS FROI THIS STATE WORKING FOR FAIERS LANDS .6DOD FOR LOANS Tilman Issues Statement Declaring That Southern Farmers Win Lose $100,000,000 If Congress Does Not Help Them-Smith Favors Henry's Currency Plan. - Senator Tillman said Thursday evening that he sincerely hoped that the banking and currency committee of the House of Representatives can work out some practicable scheme that will inspire the confidence of the business people of the country for lending money to banks at 3 per cent. on satisfactory collateral. "Mr. McAdoo, said Senator Till man, "is well informed as to the busi ness conditions in the United States, and I am willing to leave it to his good judgment as to what collateral shall be required. Right now there is an emergency and, unless Con gress acts promptly within the next sixty days the Southern cotton plant ers will be robbed of a hundred mil lion dollars or more by the fall in price of their principal crop due to the inability on the part of the South ern banks to get money from New York at any price or on any collat eral. The New Yorkers have our people by the throat as they have had them all these years since the war, and only Congress can give relief. "The Aldrich-Vreeland Act, which authorized the printing of the live hundred million dollars now lying in - the treasury grants no relief at all to our people, because of the conditions Imposed. The rate of interest begins at 5 per cent. and increases very.rap idly each month. The relief can be extended only through associations of banks into regional groups. The se curity asked is of such a character that few, if any of our banks in the South can furnish it, and it only ap plies to national banks-not State banks at all. A joint resolution could be rushed through both Houses of Congress, if the Houses are willing to give the country relief. This reso lution. would be only intended to give tetuporary relief until the committee on' banking and currency gets thrU squabbling, if it can .ever get thru, and Congress gives us a permanetit system. "If something is not done, I see'no way of saving the people of the South from great loss, unless the banks take the law Into their own hands, as they did in 1907, and form clearing house associations and issue certifi cates as they had to do then. I for one am tired of seeing our people held up and robbed by the New York pirates." "I heartily favor Congressman Ragsdale's Idea about trying to get into the proposed currency bill an amendment to have the Government lend money direct to the farmers, or to the banks with which they deal, or warehouse certifreates on corn, wheat and cotton stored In ware houses and fully insured, the banks to deposit their own notes along with. these certificates as collateral. "I can see' how a perfectly feasable scheme to protect the Government from loss and obtain money for the farmers to move their crops can be worked out. It would save the South untold loss by emancipating it from slavery to New York financiers. I feel certain, too, that if the Idea con tained In the law which passed the South Carolina Legislature two years ag providing for warehouses to store cotton in, but which was declared un constitutional by the State Supreme Court, were enacted Into law, it would, under a rational and. safe management, .be of untold benefit to the people of South Carolina. I hope sincerely that the plan will not be. given up entirely and that a bill properly safeguarded will be prepar ed and enacted into law at the very next session of the Legislature." Senator E. D. Smith said: "Of course, I am In favor of the currency plan now being advocated by Mr. Henry, of Texas, or something like it. This is no new thing. The farmers have been advocating it for years. I made speeches along this line before I came to the Senate. There Is no reason why a safe and practicable plan can not be worked out. The as sets of the farmers should be as good for banking purposes as any mercan tile paper in use to-day. I will never be satisfied until the farmers get this and I rejoice that the way seems to be opening for them to get it." These utterances were made public before Secretary McAdoo's plan for lending $50,000,000 became known. It is still Important, however, that Congress take care of the farmers, al though the action taken by the treas ury departuient will help them ma terially. THREATEN D.YIELS. L. W. W. Objects Strenuously to His Seattle Speech. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels has received a number of threatening letters from members of the Industrial Works of the World as a result of his utterances and the riots which occurred during his re cent visit to Seattle. it was learned Thursday. Mr. Daniels told Gov. Stewart, who accompanied the Secretary Wednes day from Deer Lodge to Butte, of the threatening letters, but said he had no fear of any harm coming to him. The Secretary's aide, however, is apprehensive that some of the threats may be executive and Is taking pre ..auto en safeguard Mr. Daniels.